Lorenz Peckenstein
Lorenz Peckenstein , latin Laurentius Peccensteinius , (born August 29, 1549 in Grimma , † after 1618 ) was a Saxon administrative officer and historian .
Life
Early on, Peckenstein embarked on an administrative career and became a bailiff in Schlieben and Seyda in the Kurkreis of the Electorate of Saxony. In his free time he was interested in Saxon history and soon became one of the most famous historians of his time.
power
His best-known and lasting work is the Theatrum Saxonicum , published in 1608 , a detailed description of Upper Saxony in three parts.
Works
- Marchionum Brandeburgensium enaratio historia. The Chur and the Princely House of Brandenburg and the Burgraves of Nuremberg were fierce deeds. Jena: Steinman, 1597.
- Wittikinden family, ill. Sax prosapia. Conpendio Historico Illustrata-Saxony. Jena, 1597.
- Rerum Silesiacarum et Vicinarum Gentium [...], including a proper description of Upper and Lower Silesia, also neighboring and surrounding countries as Behmen, Ungern, Poland, Lieffland, Moschowites, Tarters, Turks, Sweden, Littawen and other countries the principalities of Sagen, Prebuss and Naumburg [...], through Laurentium Peccenstenium [...] D. Laurentium Müller , Leipzig: Grosse, 1607.
- Theatrum Saxonicum, Part 1, therein a proper description of the most important kings, Chur and princes, counts, lords, [...] bisthumb, foundations, fortresses, castles, empires, cities [...] in the noble province of Upper Saxony, in addition to the most noble gentlemen contrafactur, also the coats of arms of the clergy and noble families, carried together in three parts, colligated with special diligence ex Archivis, and against many valued Monumentis revised, and illustrated with peculiar previously unknown histories, by Laurentium Peccensteinium Churf. Saxon. Histor. Leipzig: Big; Jena: Steinman, 1608.
- Theatrum Saxonicum, part 2, in it proper descriptions of inheritance and recordings of the foremost head and prince castles, in the Marggraffthumb Meissen, the Chur Sachsen, Landgraffschetzt Düringen, and the Voigtlande, so wol the Burggraffthumb Magdeburg etc. compiled of the Empter Vorverzeichnis etc., from many old monumentis and archivis colligated by Laurentium Peccensteinium Churf. S. Histor. , Leipzig: large; Jena, 1608.
- Theatrum Saxonicum, part 3, in it poliographia and historical descriptions of all the foremost cities in Saxony, Meissen and Thuringia, sampt adjacent provinces [...], with special diligence ex Archivis colligated, and revised against many fortified monuments, and instead histories, as before unknown, illustrated by Laurentium Peccensteinium Historicum , Leipzig: Grosse; Jena: Steinman, 1608.
- Orationes II. Funebres in exequiis anniversariis [...] dn. Henrici II. Ducis Monsterbergensis & Olssnensis etc. et dn. Georgii Lignicensis et Brigensis etc. piissimae memoriae [...] , Wittenberg: Typis Mullerianis, 1610.
literature
- Heinrich Theodor Flathe : Peckenstein, Lorenz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 25, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, p. 312.
Web links
Wikisource: Lorenz Peckenstein - Sources and full texts
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Peckenstein, Lorenz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Saxon administrative officer and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 29, 1549 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grimma |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1618 |